Mittmania

A bouillabaisse of linkage: media, politics, society, life, culture with just a pinch of paprika

By Noah Mittman

Noah Mittman
Literature
At 80, She Is the Defiant Editor of ‘The Buzz’
The New York Times - John Leland
Diana Wiener wanted information and was not getting it. So last May, at age 80, Ms. Wiener went into the news business. “I’d had it with this whole secrecy thing,” she said the other day. Ms. Wiener, former...
3 days ago
Noah Mittman
Social Media
Social media managers grapple with burnout, leaving the industry
Digiday
What was once his dream job quickly became draining. So he left, pursuing a job as a director-level staff member at a Fortune 50 B2B tech company, …
4 days ago
Noah Mittman
"The reporters and the outlets now seeking to draw themselves as somehow removed from this moment, as truth-tellers against those in the media and Silicon Valley that are actually Trump’s enablers, ne …
U.S. Politics
The insurrection and the press
cjr.org - By Kyle Pope, CJR
Jan 7
Noah Mittman
U.S. Politics
How Social Media Made the Trump Insurrection a Reality
The New Yorker - Andrew Marantz
Facebook banned the President from its platform on Thursday, but the move was too little too late. On Wednesday afternoon, as a mob of neo-Confederates, freelance vigilantes, and live-streaming insurrectionists...
Jan 7
Noah Mittman
MF Doom
The Wondrous Rhymes of MF Doom
The New Yorker - Hua Hsu
For the wildly original rapper, who died at age forty-nine, the mask he wore while performing offered a narrative device and protection. On New Year’s Eve, music fans were stunned to learn that the rapper...
Jan 4